‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Songwriter on Crafting the Film’s Breakout Hit

The largest earworm from KPop Demon Hunters, “Golden,” has helped propel the hit Netflix and Sony animated feature to success atop each the streaming and music charts. And now we all know a bit extra concerning the lore behind the Huntr/x monitor.

Songwriter and singing voice of Rumi, one of many movie’s lead demon hunters, EJAE talked concerning the movie’s breakout music with Variety.

“One of many greatest property I dropped at the film, or when writing the songs, was being bilingual,” she shared about bringing cultural authenticity to the movie’s music to assist replicate the filmmaker’s imaginative and prescient. “It was vital for our co-director, Maggie Kang, to have Korean within the lyrics, and I simply love that it’s not simply the verses; it was within the precise music too.”

EJAE elaborated that the mandate from the filmmakers to the music staff got here all the way down to having the phrase “gold” within the main Huntr/x monitor. “It wanted to have the phrase gold in it and the sensation of what Rumi was going via.”

It additionally wanted to introduce the struggles of Rumi’s bandmates that they confronted as a staff: “It wanted a pep speak and the concept we are able to do that collectively.”

Because the band’s lead determine, Rumi was somebody EJAE associated to when she was developing as a Okay-Pop trainee. “She’s extremely hardworking and has that management. She places her finest foot ahead, however she tries to cover her imperfections and flaws.”

Her had work adopted her to probably the most random of locations for inspiration: “I truly wrote the melody on my solution to the dentist.”

KPop Demon Hunters is now streaming on Netflix.

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